Miss Fidditch
English
editEtymology
editIntroduced by Martin Joos in The Five Clocks (1967).
Noun
editMiss Fidditch (plural Miss Fidditches)
- (derogatory) A pedantic, prescriptivist language teacher.
- 1980, Grover Hudson, Linguistics and the University Education, page 35:
- When one considers such a resolution coming from the collective Miss Fidditches of the English profession, one's first reaction is likely to be, You've come a long way, Baby.